Tired of telemarketers? Who isn’t. The National Do Not Call Registry will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2003. You can sign up on the government web site at donotcall.gov. It’s a busy site today so you may need to check again later.
Keep your worship services fresh
Don Whitney shares over the span of three articles 30 ways to improve your church worship service. 10 Ways To Improve Your Church’s Worship Service Simple changes that could make dramatic improvements in the quality of congregational worship. 10 More Ways To Improve Your Church’s Worship Service Sequel to 10 Ways To Improve Your Church’s […]
No more cheesy powerpoint
I’m trying to prepare myself for the use of PowerPoint during our worship services so I found this interview with Rene Shlaepfer intersting. Here are few ideas gleaned from the interview; Keep the slides simple and uncluttered The slides should never be obtrusive, and they should never dictate the substance of the message Don’t settle […]
Clues, Clues, and More Clues
This is part of a great article by Greg Herrick from Bible.org. “Sometimes, no matter how many clues we’re given to the contrary, we still persist in believing an error. In our culture today, no matter how many clues God gives us, we persist in believing He doesn’t exist. We’re absolutely convinced that we’re reading […]
Jeremiah
By Kenneth L. Pierpont A summer day stands out in my memory. We were swimming at the community pool in Baltimore, Ohio where my sister Melony, brother-in-law Jim and their family lived at the time. Kyle was five that summer. His cousin Jeremiah was six. Jeremiah is nine months older than Kyle. Jeremiah was born […]
Jailed Iraqi children run free
Should we really have left the inspectors to do their business and let Saddam “disarm” himself? Every story like this one that surfaces is one more reason the Iraqi people needed our help. More than 100 children held in a prison celebrated their freedom as US marines rolled into northeast Baghdad amid chaotic scenes which […]
Have you ever wondered if you were backsliding?
By: Maynard H. Belt — Reprinted with permission O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness like a fetter bind my wand’ring heart to Thee. Prone to wander–Lord, I feel it– prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart–O take and seal it, seal it for […]
Grin and Bear It
Here’s a bit from a piece Neil Cavuto shared on the air today at the end of his show on Fox News. Some people love to complain and do. But it’s the ones who could really complain and don’t that speak volumes, sometimes, by not speaking at all. Now you must go read the rest […]